PORTRAIT OF SHAW.
REJECTED BY ACADEMY. THE ARTIST’S LAMENT. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 12.30 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 26. The Hon. John Collier, referring to the Royal Academy’s rejection of 'his portrait of Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, said : “Words fail me. It is only my second rejection in fifty years. I have no quarrel with the Academy, but I think 1 have been harshly treated. I consider the portrait better than that of Aldon’s Huxley, the only other one 1 submitted this year, and which was accepted. In fact, Shaw’s portrait is my best. 1 gave Shaw a quizzical, humorous expression. He gave me seven sittings. I intend to exhibit it elsewhere.”
Mr. Shaw, in an interview, said : “I am surprised, like everyone eise. There is nothing wrong with the portrait or Mr. Collier or me; it is for the Academy to explain its discrimination, which must be against the sitter. If it thinks the public is utterly tired of portraits of me, then I agree. I am delighted to yield my place to Huxley, my young and less shop-soiled literary colleague.’’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 April 1927, Page 9
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